Cristo Redentor Pão de Açúcar

Christ Redeemer

Sugarloaf Mountain (in Portuguese, Pão de Açúcar), is a peak situated in Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil, from the mouth of Guanabara Bay on a peninsula that sticks out

into the Atlantic Ocean. Rising 396 metres

(1,299 ft) above sea-level, its name is said to refer to

its resemblance to the traditional shape of

concentrated refined loaf sugar.

A glass-paneled cable car (in popular Portuguese,

bondinho - more properly called teleférico), capable of holding 75 passengers, runs along a 1400-metre route

between the peaks of Babilônia and Urca every

half hour. The original cable car line was built in 1912

Old photo 1914

Design by Helga

Música: Aquarela do Brasil

Gal Costa

Photos from Brazilian Press